If Mitt Romney is propelled into the White House, he will have his wife to thank! It will be because of her. I believe. Besides I'm sure she will remind him to keep his promise and approve the Keystone XL pipeline, something that's important for the both US and Canada.

OTTAWA — The Liberal leadership in the Senate allowed a veteran
senator to vote on legislation and spend public dollars for four months
after she was diagnosed with dementia and declared legally incompetent.Sen. Joyce Fairbairn regularly attended Senate sittings and voted
along party lines before the Upper Chamber rose for the summer at the
end of June.Fairbairn was diagnosed with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type by her
geriatric psychiatrist in February, according to a letter sent to Senate
officials by her niece, Patricia McCullagh.

I feel for the Senator and all people who suffer from this horrible debilitating disease but should have the Liberals allowed her participate in the Senate particularly voting on important bills knowing that she was diagnosed as "legally incompetent"?

I know she's a lovely lady and it's not her fault but why would the Liberals let her work? Her votes didn't make a difference anyway, as the Conservatives have a healthy majority in the Senate.

I'm surprised actually that the Senate has never dealt with anything like this before.

It's sad in any case and I wish the Senator and her loved ones all the best even though she's a Liberal. Dementia has no political leanings!

A defeated Tory cabinet minister is going back on the Alberta
government payroll in an appointment the Wildrose Opposition says raises
big concerns over Progressive Conservative cronyism and the
politicization of the civil service.Evan Berger, who was
agriculture minister before losing his Livingstone-Macleod riding in the
spring provincial election, was offered a contract Thursday as senior
policy adviser to deputy minister of agriculture John Knapp.Knapp
said he was solely responsible for hiring Berger to the civil service
post based out of Lethbridge — which pays in a range between $120,158
and $157,910, plus pension and benefits — and there was no involvement
by any elected members of the Progressive Conservative government.There was no posting or open competition for the job because Berger had the “exact skill set” needed, he said.

This clearly a slap in the face to Livingstone-Macleod constituents who thought they finally got rid of this guy (I happen to be one of them). And it's a slap in the face of taxpayers too.

Clearly nothing has changed within this government and the PC party.RedAli, Premier Mom had promised this kind of thing would not happen under her leadership. There would be no more "good ole boys club," no more patronage appointments, etc. Ha, shows how good her word is!

PC noses are still in the trough taking advantage of the gravy train. They're not even hiding anymore! Enough is enough! Time it stopped!